Menstrual cycle pattern and fertility: A prospective follow-up study of pregnancy and early embryonal loss in 295 couples who were planning their first pregnancy

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 490-496

  Kolstad, Henrik A ^a   Bonde, Jens Peter ^a   Hjøllund, Niels H ^a   Jensen, Tina K ^b   Henriksen, Tine B ^a   Ernst, Erik ^a   Giwercman, Aleksander ^b   Skakkebæk, Niels Erik ^b   Olsen, Jørn ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Early abortion; Epidemiology; Fertility; Menstrual cycle; Metrorrhagia; Oligomenorrhea

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH CONTROL; COITUS; CONCEPTION; DECISION MAKING; DENMARK; EMBRYO DEATH; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; OVULATION; PREGNANCY; PRIMIGRAVIDA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADULT; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0032950348     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(98)00474-9     Document Type: Article

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